India News | Rujira Responds to CBI Notice, Asks Team to Visit Residence on Tuesday
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Rujira Banerjee, the wife of TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee, Monday responded to the CBI's summons in the alleged coal pilferage scam and asked the central agency to send its team to her residence for examination on Tuesday, officials said.
Kolkata, Feb 22 (PTI) Rujira Banerjee, the wife of TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee, Monday responded to the CBI's summons in the alleged coal pilferage scam and asked the central agency to send its team to her residence for examination on Tuesday, officials said.
The CBI had on Sunday asked her to join the probe.
A team of CBI officials had visited the residence of Abhishek Banerjee, a nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Sunday to deliver the summons but Rujira was not present.
She responded to the summons on Monday and asked the CBI to visit her residence between 11 am and 3 pm on Tuesday.
"Though I am unaware of the reason for me being called for questioning or the subject matter of the investigation, you may visit my residence as per your convenience between 11 am and 3 pm tomorrow, i.e. 23 February, 2021," she said in her letter to CBI.
"You are requested to kindly inform me your schedule," she said.
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